My latest Mint column: emocracy is much more fragile than we believe. The cloak of democratic legitimacy can paradoxically lead more readily to an authoritarian outcome than an openly autocratic form of rule.

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-flawed-westminster-model-of-parliamentary-democracy-11571587516984.html

I speak to the South China Morning Post on the controversy over cultural appropriation, a propos the earlier Trudeau and more recent Kate & Will visits to Asia.

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/3033260/why-are-prince-william-and-kate-middleton-praised-pakistani

After today's Nobel economics win by Banerjee-Duflo-Kremer, here's a replug of a 2016 long piece by me critiquing the application of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to economics and public policy.

https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/IM5bHpfFjniYIONzr1qJWJ/The-experimental-turn-in-economics.html

My latest Mint column looks at the mess around India's banking sector, as exemplified by the ongoing PMC Bank crisis.

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/opinion-the-crisis-at-pmc-bank-is-only-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-11570180385054.html